Services

Experience

Red Mountain has extensive experience in energy strategy, energy efficiency, energy project development, and community outreach.

• Energy Strategy: Red Mountain has completed several energy strategy development assignments for Tribes and inter-tribal partnerships in recent years. Each of our client Tribes offers varying challenges, differing energy-related resources, internal capabilities, economic development interests, and financial situations.  In each assignment, Red Mountain gathered the most relevant information for each client, identifying all available options, and provided those options to the Tribe for consideration. In this manner, we objectively evaluate each Tribe’s opportunities to support and generate sustainable energy solutions in a manner appropriate for its community culture and traditions.

• Energy Efficiency: Red Mountain has completed several projects that focused on energy efficiency opportunities, identification of relevant energy and sustainability goals, and development of plans to achieve those goals. The energy efficiency efforts recommended focused on maximizing available resources to reduce energy usage and costs community-wide, in a manner consistent with the Tribes’ priorities, culture and traditions.

• Renewable Energy Analysis and Development:  Red Mountain has completed numerous renewable energy feasibility studies, and provided support for roughly two-dozen renewable energy project development efforts.  While Red Mountain’s focus is on working with Tribes, its experience in supporting renewable energy projects spans both tribal and nontribal renewable energy projects, in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Montana, South and North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and New York.  In these projects, Red Mountain has supported project efforts utilizing wind, solar, biomass and geothermal technologies.

• Community Outreach: The Red Mountain team has unparalleled experience in assessing and communicating complex energy issues and options to community groups, particularly Tribal communities.  We consider energy activities, and potential renewable energy project options through the lens of community acceptance.  This is a critical aspect of overall energy program and project success, particularly in Tribal communities that take seriously their long-term role as stewards of their land base.

Projects

Power Generation Project Support

To meet renewable energy and natural gas-fired project feasibility and development service needs, Red Mountain provides a full range of power generation project support services.  Red Mountain has completed numerous feasibility studies for renewable energy projects, the majority of which are now under development.  For Tribes that wish to pursue developing projects, we support development efforts, including negotiating power purchase agreements, responding to renewable RFPs, developing project financial models, identifying funding sources, coordinating equipment and provider selection,  and performing due diligence on potential project development partners.

Recent Assignments:  Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Jemez Pueblo, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Pueblo of Laguna Utility Authority, Southwest Tribal Energy Consortium, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska,  Zuni Pueblo

Energy Planning and Management

To plan energy efficiency, weatherization and electric load management strategies, Red Mountain provides comprehensive support for development of community energy policies and direction, helps communities identify their energy options, analyzes various methods of pursuing energy goals, facilitates project teams in identifying possible goals and objectives and supports benchmarking analyses

Recent Assignments:  Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Cherokee Nation, Jemez Pueblo, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

Utility Formation and Service Support

Red Mountain has worked with numerous communities to evaluate utility service provider options, ultimately helping to determine the community’s best alternatives for providing electric and natural gas service.  Typical evaluations, studies and services include engineering analyses of systems, analysis fuel supply options and pricing, customer services and billing systems, organization coordination, funding support, and implementation support.

Recent Assignments:  Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Gila River Indian Community Utility Authority, Pueblo of Laguna Utility Authority, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

State and Federal Funding Coordination

Red Mountain has an excellent track record in identifying grant funding opportunities, preparing applications, successfully accessing and managing grant funding for energy project planning, project development, and deployment as well as utility coordination and implementation projects.

Recent Assignments:  Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Gila River Indian Community, Jemez Pueblo, Lower Sioux Indian Community, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Pueblo of Laguna Utility Authority, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

Community Education and Outreach

Red Mountain has knowledge of, and sensitivity to, varying community audiences to help build awareness, knowledge and support for community energy project, infrastructure and utility-related issues.

Recent Assignments:  The Hopi Tribe, Pueblo of Laguna Utility Authority, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Southwest Tribal Energy Consortium, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

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